John and Pipi in the Forever Trees Nursery

The Forever Trees Native Nursery

Welcome to our Forever Trees Native Nursery!

We took over running our small native plant nursery in spring of 2023. Located at the Cable Bay Adventure Park, the nursery was originally established to supply locally sourced trees to the Wakapuaka Mouri Restoration Project - a 5 year Ministry for the Environment funded project to help restore the Wakapuaka Valley catchment.

The nursery is still tiny, but we have expanded to grow a range of native restoration species for reforestation, wetland planting, the re-establishment of estuaries, farm planting and urban forests.  The bulk of the plants we grow are primary species, however we are also growing some of our region’s threatened species and tree ferns.

  • We locally source wild seed (mostly from the Wakapuaka catchment and North Nelson area) to grow plants that have adapted over time to grow here in our region.  We keep careful records so that we can tell you where your plants have been sourced. 

  • We strive to to produce quality, hardy native plants - with tight root balls for ease of planting.

  • We aim to use no Single Use Plastic Trays. All of our plants are grown in either pre-used cell trays and root trainers OR in hard plastic trays that we have invested in to be able to use again, and again and again!

  • No Peat potting mix.  We do not use peat in any part of our production.

We would love to supply plants for your project whether its big or small!  So please get in touch if you’re ready to plant or if there is something we can grow for you for next season!

We are not always on site, but if you are at Cable Bay Adventure Park feel free to drop by and take a look or give us a call if you’d like to visit or buy plants! 

Mandy 021 548 991 . John 027 297 8855 . mandy@forevertrees.nz